ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, while talking to the media in Islamabad on Tuesday, stated that anyone killed by the United States, even if it is a dog, is a martyr, Express News reported.

He said this when he was questioned regarding the death of the late Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leader Hakimullah Mehsud who was killed by a US drone strike on November 1.

He also said that “a lot of people still want peace negotiations and therefore the negotiations should not stop.”

“JUI-F wants to move forward with the peace negotiations together with the other parties,” he added.

“We will do anything for the country,” he further stated.

Soon after speaking to the media, the JUI-F chief reiterated at the National Assembly that “anyone killed by the US is a martyr, even if it is a dog.”

Commenting on the oppression of the weaker states in the world, Fazl said that “politics and institutions are used to control the weaker states.”

He further stated that “the terrorism in the country has weakened the economy and destroyed the peace of the country.”

“A lot of parliamentarians have become martyrs because of terrorism,” he stated, adding that “his own house has been attacked three times.”

Talking about the peace in the different provinces of the country he remarked, “Punjab has relatively more peace than the rest of the provinces.”

He said that “for any state economy and army are two main components that are necessary for its survival.”

Furthermore, “the terrorist activities in the country are destroying its economy and this why peace is essential.”

The JUI-F chief had stated that the last All Parties Conference had adopted a national stance towards reconciliation and decided to hold talks with the Taliban.

“The drone attack has now changed the situation, which is why we need a new APC to review the situation. We were trying to get Pakistan out of crisis but the drone attack has increased instability,” Fazl had remarked.

He had said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s ‘solo flight’ will damage national unity on drones and dialogue with Taliban as such party politics should not be based on point scoring.

He had said that “his party had earlier tried to move a resolution in K-P assembly on the drone issue linking it with blocking the Nato supplies but the PTI government had opposed it.”

He further said “his party’s support for the blockade would be conditional on PTI government issuing an executive order to stop the Nato supplies.”

And the Pakistani government nominated him for the so called peace talks. He would present Pakistan on a silver plate to the TTP while we stupid Pakistanis (including me) hurl our conspiracy theories at each other

Maulana Fazlur Rehman stated that anyone killed by the United States, even if it is a dog, is a martyr.
He must disclose how many dogs were martyred by USA . The report of Minisrty of Interior submitted in Parliament appears to correct, where every one challenged the numbers. Probably the numbers looked less at it was silence on Dogs.Recommend

Islam has provided us certain pre-requisites and norms of “JIHAD” which are very known to all muslims. I would request all the scholars and muftees to please keep in mind all those pre-requisites and norms of “JIHAD” as defined in Islam before giving such a statement on media or anywhere else. Such fatwas and statements will mislead the muslims and will create difference of opinion among them. At the time of drone they (terrorists) were not busy in any battle with mushkareen rather busy in planning some terrorist activities against muslims. I pray may GOD bless all of us.Recommend

FAZI and Imran are in a mess . They have got entangled in a network in which on one side is TTP and on the other side is an elected government enjoying support of international community having mamdate to eliminate terrorists and their supporters completely from Pakistan . Calling terrorists a martyrs and blocked call are clearly enough to set the future drone targets to increase the list of shaheed in Pakistan .Recommend

So USA is giving the passport for Jannat these days. through its drone stamp ??? Maulana: why not stand in a way of a drone fired missile. Dont you want to be called a martyr. Even dogs are getting this privilege. Aren’t you better than them? Recommend

What a short memory Pakistanis have, I’ve learnt after reading the comments from most of the people.

Martyr or no martyr, the objection of most parties is to bomb inside a country on a peace jirga that all parties including Prime Minister of Pakistan had been pushing for to happen for PEACE not war, not killings, for Pakistani people. For once in the history all political leaders agreed to it, which could not be digested by US of A.

It is a slap on Pakistani’s PM face, only if you realize. It is not about if Mehsud was a martyr or not, it is the fact that USA crosses the limit and does what it wants inside the Pakistani premises, be it the RAMBO of CIA on Lahore mall road killing 2 in public, be it killing of OBL in Abottabad or be it the attack of Salala directly on Pak army by NATO forces.

It is not being emotional, it is to understand what everyone is doing with you.

The beggar or slave approach will never work here, you need to throw it out of your sub-continental brains.Recommend

Very smart. Good timing. He is trying to get enough people to become anti taliban by getting them emotional with his comments, so that the NATO blockade doesnt go through. He is a paid servant of the US.

strange to see so many people take this crap seriously. wiki leaks exposed that he asked american envoy if hey make him prime minister all his ministors will at tjeir disposal. now through making this statement he is trying to make innocent people fool. u mentioned three times yur house was attacked and still u remain cruel. he can do anything for the chair

People like this guy make Pakistan the laughing stock of the world…a terrorist who has killed thousands is considered a martyr and the ally who eliminated this mass murder is considered an enemy?…what a confused country…the leaders don’t appear to have a clue about how to have a civilized society and the enemy within is quite obvious to everyone but Pakistanis…

I don’t know Arabic as the common muslims do . The irony of the fact is that each Arabic word has several meanings thereby several definition of JEHAAD can be put forward . To me the confused race of muslims is the result of ambiguity of the Islamic religious scriptures . The time has come when in IT AGE muslim scholars sit together and rewrite Quaran and Hadeeth for the welfare of the future generation otherwise will continue to suffer a lot .

Maulana has equated the worthy martyred soldiers, innocent women, children, and men to dogs by calling these beasts as martyrs. What a convoluted and shameful ideology. No wonder, there is no will to overcome these beasts, if this is the level of sympathy and collusion.

TTP kills Pakistanis and soldiers to gain Islamic status of Martyrdom, Please US keep kill more militants and animals too….so our “Pakistan- a Land of Pure” will become a land of Martyrs…no one dies in vain…

The biggest problem of Pakistan is its civilian leaders who broker the country…
and now misguiding the populace in the name of religion.
If India was united, by now it would have been a world power..
Because of the fraud 2 nation theory, millions got killed — and we have Sikh-hindu, Sikh -muslim, hindu-muslim, Buddhist-muslim etc etc… problems…

These mullahs are hand in glove with the taliban and we all know that. Why are they in Pakistan and not living in North Waziristan or Afghanistan OR INDIA? What good has come out of them to honor the memories of the thousands of shaheeds of soldiers and civilians? Keep guessing because I’m also guessing. Salams